never tried to remove them, I have one that somebody left at my house and I was planning on just leaving the paint when I use it. If I had 50 of them I would try to clone Corona and see if people could tell the difference. Not a huge fan of Corona, but that would be a fun challenge. anyway I would try a razor blade to remove the labels if you already have the bottles. If you were just going to drink some Corona to get clear bottles to use perhaprs you should consider drinking some Newcastle instead. They use clear bottles with regular labels.

why not just get a different clear bottle...like miller highlife or something

Miller is twist off...

I would not bother with clear bottles, you have to be really carefull how you store them or else your beer will skunk. It does not take much time for UV light to effect your beer.

Corona paint is baked on and I think you would have a real difficult time completely removing the paint. After trying to clean up 2 cases of bottles and then have your beer turn skunky you might regret the effort...

I use them regurlarly and have no problem with skunking as long as I keep them in the dark. If I had to try to remove the painted on labels I would do as some of the others have said and recycle them.
Not worth the effort IMO.

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talked to a guy at thomas creek brewery about this. my concern was that the paint would contaminate sanitation solution and get inside bottles. he assured me that the label is ceramic and has been fired on (corsendonk abbey ale bottles) and it would not contaminate solution. i tried all kind of solutions, razors, and steel wool..as far as i know-that label isnt coming off.